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Construction Technology

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Students will explore the art of creating finished pieces and establishing a career in the woodworking industry. This class covers advanced woodworking, cabinet making, and Labor and Industry guidelines for shop floor plan and walkways. Students will construct using jigs and templates.

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Introduction on how to read and use blueprints to construct residential and commercial structures. Course emphasis will be on learning to read blueprints and how to apply different types of foundations, framing, and interior and exterior finishes. Learn how building codes apply to various stages of construction. This is one of the required courses for the Carpentry one-year certificate.

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This class will focus on three of the most functional and visible elements of any residental construction or light commercial project: siding, decks, and stairs. Code compliance will be a major focus of deck and stair system contruction.

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This course examines food production and consumption by analyzing the resource cycles and movement of food from seed to table. Students will discuss the economic and political decisions that frame our foodsheds such as industrial agriculture, food justice, policy, health, school food systems, Community Supported Agriculture, and small scale farming. Students will also explore the opportunities and challenges in building community food projects that create lasting systems change.

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This class focuses on the role and use of Engineered Wood, steel, and fast growing plants in the construction world. Glulams, finger-jointed studs, and manufactured trusses have been around for years, so that is where the class will start. Learn about cutting edge Engineered Building Materials like Mass Timbers, Cross Laminated Timbers, and Thermally Modified Wood and their impact on the Green Building Movement.

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This class will cover practices for successful cost estimation of residential and light commercial construction. Students will conduct material 'take offs' then put their skill to use, estimating materials such as lumber, roofing, windows, doors, permits applications, professional fees for architects and engineers, waste, time, and overhead.